Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-05
STREET-CAR TRAVEL.
THE RUSH TO TIE NEW REsgRvora
SUNDAY As GREAT As KvER.
Or. B1rton's Electric Heater Practical
Working Of the Electric carsin
Kansas City.

The New.rcservoir cars OF the City Rad
way Company were patronized In most
liberal manner Sunday afternoon and
night. They ran much more smoothly thaa
ever before, aud the only trouble was thai
the crowd was beyond measure too grel,
10 be comfortably accommodated by the
means OF transportation at hand. The re-
suit will doubtless be that the company
will have TO order an additional dummy
ard more ears.
People are now visiting the New reser-
voir In such multitudes a. were never
known there before, aud they Gud accom-
modations very scant. The CITY Council
should st once treble the number OF
benches.
The company, 1t IL understood, are APP
plying for permission TO build waiting
room on the reservoir grounds.
Under proper restrictions there should
he no hesitation at all In granting the per-
nit. The New-reservolr grounds are go-
ing 10 be Central Park TO Richmond.
They will now be visited by thousands and
tens of thousands who never Thought oi
going there before. A liberal and Ell.
hghtencd policy had Just as well be
adopted at once, for in short while the
new street railway company VIII be there
too. and then every summer afternoon the
city Will empty itself on the grounds.
so Il is that soon the Council will he
forced TO meet the question OF providing
seats. enforcing proper police regulations,
erecting hydrants. DC.
No doubt the Council viii be glad to ac-
commodate the public, but the sooner they
proceed about II the better.
The great mass OF the people are Just be-
ginning TO appreciate the value OF this The
largest and best OF our parks, and a. il was
established for their benefit the benefit OF y
they will want to get IN the most favored
manner.
DR.. BURToN's HEATER
The New York Electrical ReUielc OF Jily
the I'd has an Illustrated article descriptive
Of "tbe Burton Electric Motor for Electric
R9ilwav Cars"
II seems TO regard the plan rs entirely
practicable and says at Is proposed 10
place tw heaters IN car, each 10 be the
length OF the car iuside-say twelve feet
eight inches wide, one ioch thick, ana
resting on supports abodt three incheS
from the ear floor. The radiatng surface
over thitty.siX square feet. The temper
ature Of the heaters would be regulated y
the resistance Of the wires, the electric motor
force. and the length Of time they remainod
i'm the circuit: but the best results would
be obtained by having the heater OF such
low resistance that when places IN circuit
" IT'D the motor or motors the working
efficiency OF the latter would not be appre.
ciably al, cted.'
lr. Burton Is now amending his plan 80
that instead OF having one lOng heater ~
each car be viii have number OF snmii
ONES, thereby obtaining better results. On
TIE CleciIic.niiway herc, now being rapidly
built DR.. Burton VIII be giyen opportunity
10 test his hcater, and n the experiment
succeed, Richmond will hayc the oulY
stroct.car, In the world run, hghted, and
heated by electricity.
KANsAs CITY ELECTRIC sTREET-RllLwAY.
The same paper has a letter from Kansas
CITY sayins that the electrical street.rail.
way Is IN successful operation there. " Tue
working Of the motor Is very simple" II
states, "aud such is the ease and readiness
with which il can 5e handled that the car II
under better control than on any other
system. The rhc0stat, which Is The same
10 motor that hrottle- valve Is TO steam
engine. Is operated simply by turning a
crank and power il thrown oil or on by a
touch. The reversing OF a small lever re-
verses the action OF the motor, and so
powerful Is this action IN connection VITA
| lhe Drakc that tho can be etorpcd
within the dstlnce OF ten feet when going
at full speed.
"A calculation shows thst the cost ot
operation Is 80 per cent. OF that OF either
tie cable or horse system. The operation
of The road with only two cars has proved
that the public will accept this mode Of
transportation, for the cars were crowd, Il
st every trip, and many were Standing in
the rain, waiting Tor m opportunity 10
ride.
"Thc buz2ing Of the motor is easily
overcome, buta present hr. Henry prefers
10 have the noise as a notice Ia people on
tie street. l. costs about $50 per day 10
operate these ears, and they curry about
1900 passengers ON an average daily. We
cannot run more cars because the ncce'-
sary switches have not yet been pa, ~. y